Eric Onderwater
Don’t throw democracy out with the bathwater
April 7, 2013Every motion deserves its due in the House of Commons By Eric Onderwater Many of you are aware of Mark Warawa’s attempt to file a motion on sex-selective abortion in the House of Commons in Ottawa. Warawa filed the motion, a parliamentary sub-committee ruled that the motion would not come to a vote. Warawa then appealed to the full committee in question, and that committee again explicitly stopped the motion from coming to a vote. When Warawa finally appealed to the speaker, the speaker denied him the ability to speak on the issue to the entire House of Commons. While…
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COLUMN: Time to trade in degrees
March 24, 2013Your degree is useless unless you can use it in a meaningful way By Eric Onderwater It doesn’t matter where you received your education, or what it says on your university diploma. It also doesn’t always matter what you know,…
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COLUMN: Smut Shaming
March 10, 2013By Eric Onderwater Over the last few decades, pornography has essentially gone from almost nothing to an enormous industry. Pornography is now available to any human being with access to the internet. It also enjoys a near 100 per cent…
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COLUMN: Godwin's law, meet Onderwater's law
February 24, 2013By Eric Onderwater Disagreeing with public opinion doesn't make someone racist In the public debate of today, most people have come to a common understanding of certain things. Left or right, intelligent or stupid, many people choose to abide by…
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Column: Leave John Furlong alone
February 3, 2013We're all innocent until proven guilty... or are we? By Eric Onderwater Recently, the explosive allegations concerning John Furlong, the former CEO of VANOC, surfaced again into the public spotlight. Laura Robinson, the journalist who first accused Mr. Furlong of…
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Laying blame for CUPE’s job action
November 13, 2012Reasons for job action more convoluted and relevant to students than one might think By Eric Onderwater Photos by Mark Burnham On Thursday, Nov. 1, the Burnaby SFU campus awoke to the unpleasant reality of another CUPE job action. Members…
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